ABSTRACT
ThemercyoftheLordbeevermorewiththeeandbless,preserveandkeepthee.I amexceedinglygladtohearofthecontinuanceofthygoodhealth,hopingsolong asthoubeesteverywaymoderateinthyrecreationsandcarefulandtemperatein thydietitwillstillincrease.Ihopethoudostnoteatofthosepossetycurdydrinks whichhowsoeverpleasingtothepalateitmaybeforatime,yetIampersuadedare mostunwholesomeandverycloggingtothestomachandapttobreedsurfeitsby
43carrier:acarrierconveyeditemsofallkindsbetweenoneplaceandanother. 44commencement:takingadegreeatCambridge;thoughWilliamdidnottakehisBA
until1626. 45sizar:anundergraduatereceivingremunerationforperformingdomesticservicesinhis
college;poorerstudentssupportedthemselvesinthisway. 46DatesuggestedbyHugheyinhereditionoftheletters(1941:78);atthetopofthe
letterinthemanuscriptistheword'Lent'.
